9. cruel —not strictly, but unsparingly just; opposed to mercy. Also answering to the cruelty (in the strict sense) of Babylon towards others ( :- ) now about to be visited on itself. the land —"the earth" [HORSLEY]. The language of Isaiah 13:9-13 can only primarily and partially apply to Babylon; fully and exhaustively, the judgments to come, hereafter, on the whole earth. Compare Isaiah 13:10 ; Matthew 24:29 ; Revelation 8:12 . The sins of Babylon, arrogancy ( Isaiah 13:11 ; Isaiah 14:11 ; Isaiah 47:7 ; Isaiah 47:8 ), cruelty, false worship ( Jeremiah 50:38 ), persecution of the people of God ( Jeremiah 50:38- : ), are peculiarly characteristic of the Antichristian world of the latter days ( Daniel 11:32-37 ; Revelation 17:3 ; Revelation 17:6 ; Revelation 18:6 ; Revelation 18:7 ; Revelation 18:9-14 ; Revelation 18:24 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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